Equity Research Group publications

  • Kali, M. B. & Secules, S. (2023). Identity Dilemmas, Cultural Homelessness and Intersectionality: A Discourse Analysis of the Experiences of a Female Undergraduate International and Transracial Adoptee in Engineering (Research). Paper and presentation in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference: MIND Division. Baltimore, MD.
  • Secules, S., & McCall, C. J., & Kali, M. B., & Van Dyke, G. (2023, June), Board 220: Audio for Inclusion: Broadening Participation in Engineering Through Audio Dissemination of Marginalized Students’ Narratives Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. https://peer.asee.org/42647
  • Van Dyke, G., McCall, C., Secules, S. & Kali, M. B. (2023). Narratives of Identity Coherence and Separation in the Figured Worlds of Undergraduate Engineering Education. Paper and presentation in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference: Equity Culture and Social Justice in Education Division. Baltimore, MD.
  • Secules, S. et al. (2023). Audio for Inclusion: Broadening Participation in Engineering Through Audio Dissemination of Marginalized Students’ Narratives. Paper and poster in American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference: NSF Poster Session. Baltimore, MD.
  • Kumar, N., & Bond-Trittipo, B., & Kali, M. B., & Secules, S., & Estacion, A., & Weiss, M. A., & Georgiopoulos, M., & Christensen, K., & Solis, T., & Sullivan, J. F. (2023, June), Factors Affecting the Future Career Pathway Decisions of Lower-income Computing Students Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. https://peer.asee.org/43691
  • Secules, S., & Kumar, N., & Weiss, M. A., & Georgiopoulos, M., & Sullivan, J. F.,  Kali, M. B., & Bond-Trittipo, B. (2023, June), Board 391: Supporting and Understanding Undergraduates’ Computing Pathways Through the Flit-GAP S-STEM Program Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. https://peer.asee.org/43105
  • Kumar, N., & Secules, S. (2023, June), The Danger of a Single Story: A Critical and Holistic Account of Rachel’s Experience in Computing for Broadening Participation Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. https://peer.asee.org/44076
  • Secules, S. & McCall, C. (2023). What Research Can DO: Rethinking Qualitative Research Designs to Promote Change Towards Equity and Inclusion. Studies in Engineering, 4(1), 26–45. https://doi.org/10.21061/see.96
  • Secules, S., Pérez, G., Pea, R., & Johri, A. (2023). Critical and Cultural Analysis of Engineering Learning. International Handbook of Engineering Education Research.
  • Secules, S. (2023). On the importance of (white) humility: Epistemological decentering as a positional orientation toward research. Journal of Engineering Education112(2), 258-261.
  • Secules, S. (2023). Reflections on problems of educational practice in a project course design for professional authenticity, cultural relevance, and sociotechnical integration. European Journal of Engineering Education, 1-22.
  • Secules, S., & Kali, M. B. (2022). MERGING FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND CRITICAL QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TO FOSTER EQUITY IN STEM CLASSROOMS. Handbook of STEM Faculty Development, 109.
  • Secules, S., Kali, M. B., & McCall, C. (2022). Audio Dissemination for Qualitative and Broadening Participation Research: Lessons Learned and Future Possibilities. Paper presented in the Education Research & Methods Division of ASEE. Minneapolis, MN.
  • Secules, S., Kali, M. B., & McCall, C. (2022, August). Audio Dissemination for Qualitative and Broadening Participation Research: Lessons Learned and Future Possibilities. In 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
  • Bond-Trittipo, B., Kumar, N., Secules, S., & Solis, T. (2022, August). Future Career Pathway Perceptions of Lower-Income Computing Students Through the Lens of Capital Exchange. In 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
  • Bond-Trittipo, B., & Valle, J., & Secules, S., & Green, A. (2022, February), Challenging the Hegemonic Culture of Engineering: Curricular and Co-Curricular Methodologies Paper presented at 2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity) , New Orleans, Louisiana. https://peer.asee.org/39106
  • Kali, M. B., & Secules, S. (2022, February), The New Normal: Student Perspectives on Supportive University Policies during COVID and Beyond Paper presented at 2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity) , New Orleans, Louisiana. https://peer.asee.org/39146
  • Secules, S., Park, S. E., McCall, C., & Kali, M. B. (2021, October). Developing a Survey for Engineering Faculty Knowledge and Interest in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Topics. In 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
  • Secules, S., & Berhane, B. T., & Long, H., & Caringella, A. T., & Pinto, A. (2021, July), Understanding Non-Traditional Students in Engineering and Computing (Work in Progress) Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. https://peer.asee.org/37961
  • Secules, S., Sochacka, N. W., Huff, J. L., & Walther, J. (2021). The social construction of professional shame for undergraduate engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, jee.20419. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20419
  • Masta, S., & Secules, S. (2021). When Critical Ethnography Leaves the Field and Enters the Engineering Classroom: A Scoping Review. Studies in Engineering Education2(1).
  • Secules, S., & Mejia, J. A. (2021). Contextualizing the Past to Guide the Future: Situating Three Critical Theoretical Frameworks for Educational Culture. Studies in Engineering Education. Special issue on
    Theories and Methods in Engineering Education. 1(2), 156–171. http://doi.org/10.21061/see.51
  • Secules, S., McCall, C., Mejia, J., Masters, A., Beebe, C., Sanchez-Pena, M., & Svyantek, M. (2021).
    Positionality practices and dimensions of impact on equity research: A collaborative inquiry and call to
    the community. Journal of Engineering Education. 110(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20377
  • Kali, M. B., & Secules, S., & McCall, C. J. (2021, January), Including Alice: Uncovering the Narrative of One Student’s Experience at the Intersection of International Student Status and Mental Health Paper presented at 2021 CoNECD, Virtual – 1pm to 5pm Eastern Time Each Day . https://peer.asee.org/36097
  • Secules, S., Masta, S. (2020). Towards a Framework for Equity in Engineering Classrooms. Frontiers in Education Conference. Virtual Conference.
  • Secules, S., Strong, A. C., & Fletcher, T. (2021). Who Engineering Includes Impacts How Engineers Work: Diversity Challenges and Design Thinking Solutions. In Implementation Strategies for Improving Diversity in Organizations (pp. 224-248). IGI Global.
  • Secules, S. (2020). How to Be a Graduate Student (Before I Forget): A Collection of Experiential Wisdom. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference: Education Research & Methods Division, Virtual conference.
  • Berhane, B., Secules, S., Onuma, F. (2020). Learning while Black: Identity Formation and Social Experiences for Six Undergraduate Engineering Transfer Students. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. 26(2): 93-124.

Dr. Secules’ prior publications focused on equity and inclusion

  • Secules, S., Lawson, W., (2019). Description and Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Novel Hardware-Based Introductory Programming Course. Advances in Engineering Education. 7(3): 1-30.
  • Secules, S. (2019). Making the Familiar Strange: An Ethnographic Scholarship of Integration Contextualizing Engineering Educational Culture as Masculine and Competitive. Engineering Studies. 11(3): 196-216.
  • Dringenberg, E., Secules, S., Kramer, A. (2019). Smartness in Engineering Culture: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Paper and presentation in American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference: Education Research & Methods Division. Tampa Bay, FL.
  • Secules, S., Lee, W., Boyd-Sinkler, K., Masters, A. S., Hampton, C., Taylor, A., Grote, D. (2019). Dilemmas in Co-Curricular Support: A Theoretical and Pragmatic Discussion on Current Practice and Future Challenges. Paper and presentation in The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity. Arlington, VA. 
  • Secules, S., McCall, C. (2019). To Be or Not To Be: A Dialogic Discussion of Two Researchers’ Hidden and Transitioning Identities. Paper and presentation in The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity. Arlington, VA.
  • Uhlar, J., Secules, S. (2018). Butting Heads: Competition and Posturing in Paired Programming Work. Paper in IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. San Jose, CA.
  • Huff, J., Shanachilubwa, K., Secules, S. (2018). Shame Amid Academic Success: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Case Study of a Student’s Experience with Emotions in Engineering. Paper in American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference: Education Research & Methods Division, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Secules, S., Gupta, A., & Elby, A. (2018). Supporting the Narrative Agency of a Marginalized Engineering Student. Journal of Engineering Education. 107(2): 1-33.
  • Secules, S., Sochacka, N., Walther, J. (2018). New Directions from Theory: Implications for Diversity Support from the Theories of Intersectionality and Liberatory Pedagogy. Paper in The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity: Undergraduate Track, Arlington, VA.
  • Secules, S., Gupta, A., & Elby, A., Turpen, C. (2018). Zooming Out from the Struggling Student: The Cultural Construction of Engineering Ability in an Undergraduate Programming Class. Journal of Engineering Education. 107(1): 56-86.
  • Secules, S., Turpen, C. (2017). The Construction of Competitive White Masculinity as Engineering Educational Culture. Session chair and paper presenter in The Construction of Whiteness and Dominant Normativities, Council on Anthropology of Education in American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Secules, S. (2017). Putting Diversity in Perspective: A Critical Cultural Historical Context for Representation in Engineering. Paper and presentation at American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference: Liberal Education / Engineering & Society Division, Columbus, Ohio